Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c...
by mturmon on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:39PM
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> ... We'll just take it on trust that you do so honestly because there's no way you would've seen this coming. ...
I see where you're going here, and I want to agree, but you aren't reckoning with the incentives for cheating on the AP.
My kid is taking the "AP World" test today. One of her classmates was asked to sit by a different student to coach them at their computer during the test, because the test is done remotely this year rather than in person.
I'm afraid that if you give N people an option like this, a fraction will exploit it.
Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c...
by vehementi on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:55PM
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They would have a server log of who tried on time to submit it and had server errors. Those people could not have foreseen this... so we can accept their late submissions
I see where you're going here, and I want to agree, but you aren't reckoning with the incentives for cheating on the AP.
My kid is taking the "AP World" test today. One of her classmates was asked to sit by a different student to coach them at their computer during the test, because the test is done remotely this year rather than in person.
I'm afraid that if you give N people an option like this, a fraction will exploit it.